Perhaps because it is so common, chronic sinusitis is often dismissed as a nuisance, says Edelman.
In each case, more people diagnosed with sinusitis reported being exposed to secondhand smoke.
And the more often people inhaled cigarette smoke, the more likely they were to develop sinusitis.
Although the link between sinusitis and secondhand smoke might seem obvious, few studies have examined it.
Only bacterial sinusitis should be treated with antibiotics and even those cases usually resolve without antibiotic treatment.
It can also be caused by chronic sinusitis, head trauma from an accident or the common cold.
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There is increasing interest in fungal allergy or even fungal infection as a cause of some chronic sinusitis.
"The dose was fairly directly related to the amount of chronic sinusitis that people developed, " says David Arnold, M.
There's no question that mold can cause asthma, sinusitis and other breathing problems.
According to a new study, secondhand smoke may be responsible for up to 40 percent of cases of chronic sinusitis.
"We tend to think of sinusitis as an infection but we've discovered that there's a mechanical basis for this, " says Makower.
People with sinusitis are frequently cursed with narrow passageways that clog easily.
Tammemagi and his colleagues aren't certain how secondhand smoke might cause sinusitis.
Treatment of both viral and bacterial acute sinusitis is primarily supportive care.
Symptoms of acute sinusitis include nasal congestion and obstruction, nasal discharge, tooth discomfort and facial pain or pressure that is worse when bending forward.
Treatment of chronic sinusitis with anti-fungal medicines has not shown benefit.
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Sinusitis describes a range of unpleasant and sometimes debilitating symptoms that include nasal and sinus inflammation, congestion, cough, runny nose, difficulty breathing, and a reduced sense of smell.
Its followers, at various times, have claimed the juice, derived from the noni fruit, can treat or cure cancer, hypertension, sinusitis, ulcers, depression, lupus, herpes, hepatitis and heart disease.
The Duchess of Cornwall had been due to attend the event, hosted by Myleene Klass, but was forced to pull out due to a middle ear infection and sinusitis.
The 62-year-old former nurse from Menlo Park, Calif. suffered from chronic sinusitis, a recurring inflammation of the cavities behind the eyes and nose commonly caused by bacterial or viral infections.
Overall, the researchers found, breathing secondhand smoke in private social settings nearly tripled the risk of being diagnosed with sinusitis, while breathing it at work more than doubled the risk.
Sinusitis is inflammation of the nasal cavity and the sinuses, which are air-filled spaces located primarily in the jaw above the upper teeth and in the forehead around the eyes.
During standard endoscopic sinus surgery, bone and tissue are removed in order to open the passageways, and this can result in scarring and a recurrence of sinusitis in one-quarter of patients.
More than 50 percent of those with sinusitis said they'd inhaled secondhand smoke at private parties and social functions, compared with just 28 percent of those who did not have sinusitis, for instance.
In CIC clinical trials, the most common side effect were diarrhea (16% vs 5% placebo), abdominal pain (7% vs 6%), flatulence (6% vs 5%), upper respiratory tract infection (5% vs 4%), sinusitis (3% vs 2%) and abdominal distension (3% vs 2%).
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